Re: python-gnome split

[Loïc Minier <lool+debian@via.ecp.fr>]

On Tue, Aug 29, 2006, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> python-gnome2 could be split into:
> [ 5 packages ]
> python-gnome2-extras could be split into:
> [ 7 packages ]

 I don't like that very much, random points:
 1) these transitions are a lot of work
 2) not a gain until the next stable release because of the partial
    upgrade guarantee which forces us to have compatibility deps which
    pull everything
 3) python-gnomish build-deps and deps are hard to get right already
    (just found a new missing dep today on a package which I had
    carefully reviewed for sponsoring multiple times already)
 4) because there's no clean mechanism for upstream to express runtime
    deps, some upstreams use build time checks for runtime dependencies,
    these might break too because of the split; the one to one mapping
    between binary packages and upstream modules is a good thing until
    this problem is addressed
 5) these packages are aimed at machines where GNOME and Python are
    installed, do these need the space saving?

 BTW, there's also python-gnome2-desktop, if you go for a split, you
 might want to split this one as well.

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Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>